FRAGMENTATION OF THINKING
where the process of thinking is confused where a complete action is no longer possible. It is a primary symptom…
FREQUENCY PRINCIPLE
the principle that states that the greater the stimulation intensity, the greater the frequency of nerve impulses elicited. An organisms…
FULLY FUNCTIONING PERSON
a person with a healthy personality, who experiences freedom of choice and action, is creative, exhibits the qualities of existential…
FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION
a term given to the restriction or lack of ability in performing an action or activity.
GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE (GSR)
a response to stimuli that produces a change in the electrical resistance of the skin mainly in areas where there…
GENDER CONSTANCY
the a child's emerging sense of the permanence of being a boy or a girl and an understanding that occurs…
GENERAL ABILITY TESTS
These tests are designed to measure the general factor of intelligence. They usually require, among other things, understanding and applying…
GENERATION EFFECT
effect that memory for items to be remembered in an experiment is enhanced if the participants help to generate the…
GENITALITY
the term that is used for the capacity of a person to experience erotic sensation in the genital organs, starting…
GIFTEDNESS
the state of a person who has a large amount of natural ability or talent in something that is seen…
GOAL ORIENTATION
1. Tendency for a person to physically and mentally position themselves toward their goal. 2. Characteristic of a person tending…
GUIDED PARTICIPATION
Process where the influence of social partners and social cultural practices combine to give support and direction to children and…
INTERITEM RELIABILITY
the internal consistency reliability. Indexed 2 ways. 1. Average intercorrelation of objects with each other. 2. Reliability of the mean…
INTERSCORER RELIABILITY
Consistency reliability which is internal and among individuals of two or more and the scoring responses of examinees. See also…
INTRAPSYCHIC
Ideas, conflicts, pertaining to impulses or other phenomena that is psychological and arises or occurs within the mind or psyche
JAPANESE MANAGEMENT
management style in Japan in the 1980s stressing continuous improvement in quality, cnsensus decision making and acute inventory systems
JUST-WORLD PHENOMENON
To believe that events proceed rationally and not by chance, such an attitude may result in the belief that the…
KOHLBERG'S THEORY
Broadly speaking the morally developed individual moves from a selfish concern with rewards and punishment through a reliance on fixed…